Tokyo City Trivia

Can you guess these facts about the city of Tokyo and its suburbs?

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First submitted	November 25, 2019
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Hint	Answer
Event hosted by Tokyo in 1964 and 2021	Summer Olympics
Nearest foreign capital to Tokyo	Seoul
Former name of Tokyo	Edo
City that was capital of Japan before 1868	Kyoto
Emperor who moved the capital (hint: a brand of chocolate is named for him)	Emperor Meiji
Island on which Tokyo is located	Honshu
Region which is anchored by Tokyo (hint: Pokémon fans should find it familiar)	Kantō
Monster that emerged from Tokyo Bay to attack the city in a 1954 film	Godzilla
Name one of the two major airports serving Tokyo	Narita / Haneda
Sport played by the Yomiuri Giants and the Tokyo Yakult Swallows	Baseball
Culinary guide that has awarded over 300 "stars" to Tokyo restaurants, the most of any city	Michelin
City on Tokyo Bay which is the second largest in Japan (hint: starts with Y)	Yokohama
Tokyo is represented by the characters 東京. What do these characters mean in English?	Eastern Capital
What killed 142,000 people in the Tokyo area in 1923?	Earthquake
What killed about 100,000 Tokyo residents in 1945?	Firebombing
Tokyo landmark, completed in 2011, which is the third tallest structure in the world	Tokyo Skytree
Landmark depicted by this emoji:	Tokyo Tower
The Tsukiji market is the largest of its kind in the world. What is sold there?	Seafood

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40 Comments

Level 89

Nov 26, 2019

Nice quiz. Mutsuhito should be accepted for Meiji.

Level 80

Nov 28, 2019

Seconded. Although I doubt anyone who knows the name Mutsuhito, wouldn't know Meiji.

Level 89

Dec 1, 2019

Well I know both names but I rather call him Mutsuhito. That's how I first heard about him in history class anyway (that was in 96 in Belgium, but still...).

Level 78

Nov 15, 2020

I agree because that was his name when he was actually living. Only dead Emperors are known by their respective era's name and it will not be wrong to accept Mutsuhito for Emperor Meiji.

It's not OK to apply double standards in Emperors names in my opinion. We know Hirohito as such but we actually should refer to him as Emperor Shōwa since he's dead. Akihito will be Emperor Heisei.

Every Emperor is something-仁(hito) or 子(ko) if it's an Empress when he/she's living since at least 500 years ago.

Level 49

Nov 26, 2019

Gojira should be accepted for Godzilla as that's the japanese name for the monster

Level 73

Nov 26, 2019

I expect it will in the Japanese version of the quiz

Level 80

Nov 26, 2019

I expect it will be ゴジラ.

Level 99

Dec 3, 2019

You are correct, Gojira was released in 1954, Godzilla was released in 1956.

+18

Level ∞

Dec 4, 2019

Okay, Gojira will work now nerds :O

Level 78

Apr 6, 2026

"Yay!" cry the nerds. (Seriously, the two movies have a very different feel.)

Level 59

Nov 26, 2019

Very easy compared to the New York or American Cities version considering Tokyo is more globally known than New Orleans. I myself didn't knew I'm so good at Japan though <(￣︶￣)>

Level 63

Nov 28, 2019

Skytree! I couldn't remember. I tried a lot of things with Sky... but not that.

+11

Level 70

Dec 2, 2019

I can't believe that I tried 'Emperor Milkibar'

Level 46

Jan 3, 2024

i tried emperor Hershey

Level 68

Mar 19, 2020

I can never remember Yokohama! I always think "Yamaha...no, that's not it..." and can't suss out the right name. Stupid keyboards.

Level 70

Mar 19, 2020

Firebombing? That was the last word that came into mind. I tried atomic bomb, attack, nuclear bomb, nuclear attack, Hiroshima, Nagasaki, etc. but nothing.

Level 61

Mar 19, 2020

Bomb alone works.

Level ∞

Mar 19, 2020

It had nothing to do with atomic bombs, nuclear bombs, Hiroshima, or Nagasaki.

However, the firebombing of Tokyo killed more people than any bombing attack in human history, including Hiroshima and Nagasaki.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bombing_of_Tokyo

Level 79

Mar 19, 2020

Could you accept "Guide Michelin" for Michelin? That's the complete name after all.

Level 73

Mar 19, 2020

Tsukiji is no longer one of the largest seafood markets in the world. The main fish market has been moved to an island elsewhere in the city, and Tsukiji has been left as a tourist attraction.

Level 78

Apr 6, 2026

I went to Tsukiji in 1971 when it was still the main market. Nothing like it--I had been to Fulton Fish Market at 5 a.m., but it was not in the same league.

Level 65

Mar 19, 2020

Had me guessing emperor toblerone, mars and galaxy😂

Level 78

Apr 6, 2026

If George Lucas could have figured out a way to monetize those names he would have featured them in Star Wars XXV or whatever he's up to now.

Level 86

Apr 6, 2026

George Lucas hasn’t had anything to do with star wars in over a decade

Level 85

Mar 20, 2020

The first question is now a little - questionable.

Level 71

Mar 21, 2020

Yep, just what I was gonna say. There hasn't been anything definitive statement yet but I think the smart move, and the move the Olympic Committee is eventually going to take, is postponing it. If they don't change anything there aren't gonna be a lot of countries that show up.

Level 64

Apr 2, 2020

The 2021 postponement is official now

Level 28

Mar 20, 2020

Accept Yokohoma for Yokohama

Level 87

Nov 7, 2024

Where the wind comes sweeping down the plain?

Level 78

Apr 6, 2026

The 関東平野, to be precise.

Level 88

Dec 23, 2020

Worst ... hints ... ever. Even after seeing the answers, I don't know what either one of them means.

Level 68

May 28, 2021

I didn't get the Pokemon hint (because I know next to nothing about Pokemon), but didn't need it anyway, having travelled around the region in question.

The other hint, though, got me the answer instantly, as those chocolates are absolutely everywhere in Japan.

Level 74

Jul 15, 2023

I was thinking like wasn't it shōgun Tokugawa who moved the capital to Edo? And tried to think of emperors from that era, but couldn't come up with anything.

Level ∞

Mar 27, 2026

How is a hint supposed to make you come up with a word you don't even know?

Level 78

Apr 6, 2026

You're in a battle of wits with an unarmed man.

Level 88

Apr 6, 2026

My phrasing was poor. I have heard of Meiji (the emperor) and Kanto (the region). I've never heard of Meiji (the chocolate) or Kanto (something to do with Pokemon).

Level 68

Apr 8, 2026

But those are additional hints. You don't need them. You can get both answers just by the actual Japanese part: "Emperor who moved the capital to Tokyo" and "Region anchored by Tokyo."

If the other parts don't help you, don't use them.

Level 69

Apr 17, 2022

Got them all first try! Living there for a year really helped.

Level 39

Apr 6, 2026

I feel like the BSD (bungo stray dogs) location should also be a hint for Yokohama /hj

Level 61

Apr 6, 2026

Emperor KitKat would have been cool.

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